Mississippi Senate Bill 2267 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create New Section 99-19-71.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Automatic Expunction Of Convictions For The Possession Of Marijuana Where The Amount Of Marijuana Was Equal To Or Less Than The Legal Limit Of Possession For Medical Cannabis; To Provide For The Automatic Expunction Of The Record Of Any Case Where The Only Charges Were For The Possession Of Marijuana Or Any Reference To A Charge Of Possession Of Marijuana In The Record Of Any Case In Which An Arrest Was Made, The Person Arrested Was Released And The Case Was Dismissed Or The Charges Were Dropped Or There Was No Disposition Of Such Case, Or The Person Was Found Not Guilty At Trial; To Establish A Procedure For The Expunctions; To Provide Notice To Prosecutors; To Amend Sections 25-7-25 And 81-18-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make Minor Nonsubstantive Changes To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

Marijuana; provide for automatic expunction where the amount of marijuana was under the legal amount of medical cannabis.

Sen. Derrick Simmons [D]

Sen. Rod Hickman [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-31	Senate	Died In Committee
2023-01-13	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division B

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
25	7	25	Amended Code	See Bill Text
81	18	9	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/SB/SB2267.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2267IN.htm